Water faucet



April 14, 1931- A. ROSEWOOD 1,800,661

WATER FAUCET Filed May 7, 1928 IN VENTQR. /4L FRED P0501000,

Z ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 14, 1931 J i i i UNITED STATES PATENT seas Application filed May 7, 1928. Serial No. 275,784.

The object of my invention is to provide a Figure 7, an inside view of amanipulating faucet which is simple in construction, duracap used in the faucet of Figure 6. ble and responsive in its operation and so igure 1 shows a vertical section through constructed that its washer cannot be inmy faucet which comprises a housing 1 juredby any opening or closing movement. formed with a valve seat 4' against which 55 A further object of the invention is to seats the valve 2 consisting of a cylindrical provide a faucet that is particularly adapted stopper of elastic material having its ends for use in gardens or outside of buildings, rounded and being threaded on a rod 3 which and so constructed that it has no screws or terminates at its other end in a head 5. The a packing glands or any easily removable parts stopper is held against distortion by a band $9 and is provided with a lock to discourage 4, and the rod with its head extends into a children from tampering with it. central bore 6 in which the head is free to A further object of the invention is to slide in and out. At one end the port area provide a faucet the valve of which cannot of the bore is restricted as shown at? to insure be distorted nor get out of alignment with an accurate bearing for the rod. A pack- 65 its seat and which is closed and kept tight by ing 7' is placed where the bore narrows into the liquid pressure and which furthermore the restricted section and a spring 6 holds insures a large flow upon manipulation the packing in place. The front end of the through a quarter of a turn. v faucet terminates in a round flat face 8. The I attain these objects by the novel concenter of this round face is eccentric with 7 struction and combination of the several the center of the body of the faucet and its parts as will be shown in the drawings and valve. The round face 8 is finished to receive pointed out in the claims. A further object a cap 11 Fig. 2, the cap having a turned flange of this improvement is to provide a faucet 12 to permit of its smooth rotation. Inside 95 for public parks and lawns which is neat in of this cap, is a depression extending subappearance and has no projecting points. stantially through one-half of its area and These projecting points are a standing menbeing deepest at 13 and gradually rising unace, especially to children, it being customtil it merges at 14 into the rest of the surary to remove the handle wheel on faucets face, which is nearly flush with the flange 12. in all public parks for obvious reasons. Diametrically opposite the deepest part 13 I prefer to construct my invention in the of the depression and near the flange 12, the following manner but as shown hereafter, it cap is formed with a hole 15 adapted to hold may be modified to suit the various require a tumbler 17 and a spring 18, and correspondments. ing recess 16 is formed on the face of the Three forms of faucet involving my invenfaucet to permit the locking of the cap by tion are illustrated in the accompanying thetumbler VhGIl SO ClQSlIGCl. The d i 17 is pressed into the recess 16 by the spring Figure 1 shows a vertical section through 18 hy be removed y lnsertlon of i a in the faucet; small pm (not shown) into a small port 16 Figure 2 Shows an inside View of a leading to the recess, whereby the cap 1s made nipulating cap; t rotate 9 Figure 3, a side View of a valve used in my lsoundelismqd that the thread. on the device; out et 24; which is used for fastening a hose 45 Figure a Sideview of a modified form of and the locklng deviceare only desirable on 95 alle ark and arden faucets. faucet, a part bemg shown in section; Ti T in place bv means of a Flgure 1 a from Vlew of the faucet with central bolt 22, the head of which does not the cap rem ve contain a screw driver slot and which is Flgurefi, a yertical section through a fursecured by a pin 19. The latter is difficult 100 ther modification of my faucet; and to withdraw and tends to discourage mis a; ea s V chievous persons from tampering with faucet.

t a a through capinto the housing holdf ifig the; tamer in" place am a; firafisverse pm bearing?When'wateris drawn. a

f a simple faucet V Fig. 4 shows a high duty faucet suitable for public parks and lawns; its cap 11 is in position andheldtothe body of the faucet by the 'round-headed'bolt 22 which is held by a pino19, When this faucet is intended for large flow or high pressure, thehea'd of the rod 3': is provided with asteel ball 25' sunk in its head and the cap'is filled With lubri- The helical spring 6 f and packing 7 of Fig. 1.are not 'shoWn in Figure 4 andare not essential to the operation or closing of tile" te valve 2 but prevent a small leakage'in '6 shows-a section inyolying thef principle of Fig. 'lwith thfe'e'X- 'tion'that the cap 20 has inner thread to 2. st 21g forc'edirom its fseatby the doltyn ofthe cap. It being a shutb gtmalethread cut on th'e'oper'ating end' of i the faucet' jthe cap having a gasket o render it; free from'le'aliage When the seated With a perforation in the-housing lead ing to the recessv to permit of insertion of a pin for, lifting the tumbler out of the recess.

In testimony whereof, I-have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, State of California, this 2nd day of May, 1928. ALFRED ROSEWOOD.

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